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Common Name | White barked Acacia |
Family | Leguminosae - Mimosoideae |
Telugu Name | Tellatumma |
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Location | Anywhere in India |
Product Details
Flowering | Flowers appear in July-November. |
Occurs in dry forests, easily distinguished by its panicled, globular inflorescence and stipular thorns. Recommended for plantations in degraded soils and it can also be tried in alluvial soils.
Fruiting : Pods 10 to 20 by 0.5 to 1 cms in size; linear, sub-indehiscent and glabrous. Seeds 10 to 20, irregularly elliptical, 5 to 6 mm by 4 to 5 mm in size, dark brown, smooth and shining.
Morphology of the Fruit/Seed : Pods 10 to 20 by 0.5 to 1 cms in size; linear, sub-indehiscent and glabrous. Seeds 10 to 20, irregularly elliptical, 5 to 6 mm by 4 to 5 mm in size, dark brown, smooth and shining.
Seed Collection and Storage : Ripe pods are collected from the tree, dried in the sun and then beaten with a stick to extract the seeds.
Pretreatment : Heating with water (20 times of volume of the seed ) to boiling and then leaving seed in water till cold; or soaking in conc. H2SO4 for 10 to 30 minutes after which the acid is removed and cold water is added.
Nursery Technique : Plants may be raised in polythene bags by putting 2 pretreated seeds in each polythene bag in May. Germination is noticed within a week. Watering and weeding is done regularly. Plants reach plantable size in the first season itself.
Seed Biology
No.of seeds per kg. | Germination percentage | Plant percent | Germination period in days |
37,000 to 49,000 | 42 | 30 to 42 | 7 to 32 |